Hello guys i'm back, thank you for your reviews, your awesome, i know i said this was going to be a "one-shot" kind of story but i changed my mind, i'm writing a couple more chapters. Thank you for your support and i appreciate your criticism. This is the second chapter for my first story :D
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The next morning when I woke up I noticed that Josh was missing, he wasn't in bed with me as he was supposed to be. My breath started racing I was in panic, where was he??. I was sitting in my bed by now when I started crying, I didn't want to be alone in this place because if I didn't have anyone to distract me I couldn't help but think of that night, think of Sabine.

I checked my injuries, there was only a bandage around my chest other than that I was fine. I made up my mind, it was all set. I was going to escape from this hospital , I could take a taxi all the way to Easton it was no big deal.

So I did it, I moved my blanked aside, slowly I let my feet touch the floor, it was cold. I placed my hands on the little nightstand by my bed, I could use some support, and then I stood up. As soon as I did it this huge pain came all the way from my chest to my spine, it was really hard to breathe.

"Come on Reed you can do this" I tried to tell myself, I've had worst before, at least I think so.

"Ok, stop thinking, breathe! You could use some air" A voice in my mind said, maybe my conscience, who knows. But I did need to breathe, I was gasping for air.

What was wrong with me, was it always going to be like this? Why was I still in the hospital after a whole week? Were my injuries that bad?

After a long time I started walking, my feet were getting cold I needed to find my shoes, or a pair of those slippers they usually give to you in the hospital.

I saw a little something under my bed, I carefully pulled it out with my right foot, ok I had the slippers, now lets get out!.

I pushed the door open only to find a couple of benches outside my room, filled with people, Easton students, all of them asleep. When I saw this tears filled my eyes, they were here for me, London, Constance, even Missy. Then there was my family, no a few people from my family, just dad and Scott, where was mom?.

I couldn't escape, they were here for me, I couldn't do it.
"Reed what are you doing?" some whispered, I turned around to see who it was. Only to find Josh and Noelle at the end of the hallway.

"hmm escaping?" I let out a laugh, and so did they. Suddenly they were by my side.

"God Reed!, look at you, where you planning on leaving the hospital in a robe and slippers?" Noelle chuckled.

"It was the only way, the pain was too much when I moved, do you know how hard it would be to put a pair of jeans on? I might be crazy but not masochistic!" It was funny, to be talking with them as if nothing had happened.

"Reed lets go back" Josh said, that's when I noticed he was carrying a tray filled with food, his regular dose of sugar and my breakfast, I smiled when I saw the concerned look crossing on his face, he really did love me.

"Okay,, Is that why you left?" I pointed at his tray, Noelle answered this time "Yes, I came back once you had fallen asleep and convinced Josh to sleep on the chair by the nightstand, I stayed there as well. None of us could sleep so we decided we were going out to the city and get you some real breakfast, not the crappy stuff they call food in here."

We went back to my room, Noelle grabbed a box of Godiva chocolates that where with some of my presents. The three of us sat in my bed this time, Josh's tray and Noelle's chocolates in the middle of the bed.

"How are you feeling?" Josh asked me, I grabbed a chocolate and put it in my mouth.

"This is so good!" Yes that was me avoiding josh's question, I just didn't want him to be worried about me.

"Reed! Do not change the subject please, I need to know how you're feeling, so I can call the nurse in case you need something" Ok, maybe I could use something for the pain in my chest.

"Well" I immediately looked down pretending to be playing with the box of chocolates, "It kind of hurts, but not that much, it is like this really weird pain that spreads all the way from my chest to my spine, other than that I'm fine"

"Reed why didn't you say anything before, I'm calling the nurse" and with that he left the room.

"Boy acts like he is forty instead of seventeen" Noelle said, clearly trying to cheer me up.

I just smiled at her. A minute later the door flew open, Josh and a nurse came in.

"What are you doing up so early, you need some rest" the nurse calmly said.

"I'm not" she interrupted me once more," do not say you're not tired, cause I'm sure you are. Now Mr. Hollis says that you are in pain. Is that correct?"

"Just a little…" she raised on her eyebrows incredulously .

The nurse move to my side, place the IV back in my vein, and started doing something else, I was starting to lose consciousness.

"Reed this is for your own good" Josh said, and with that he and Noelle left.

Later that day I woke up, I took the IV out as soon as I was fully conscious, I hated needles.

I heard a knock on my door. "Reed?" Scott's voice said, "Are you awake?"
"Yes" I close my eyes, I was still a little drugged from the medicine.

"I haven't been able to talk to you face to face, every time I come in I find you sleeping, thank God you're awake today" Scott was never this serious maybe he was finally growing up. "Reed!! Reed!,are you awake or not? Was my little speech so boring you fell asleep?" I smiles at him.

"No" I whispered, "I'm awake my eyes are sleepy though that's why I have them closed, is that okay?" maybe whatever he was trying to say, needed to be done face to face, I tried to open them a little.

"Okay, that's better" He smiled and I laughed, I missed him so bad.

"So how have you been? I've been wanting to talk to you. You have no idea how bad it was when I got the call, I thought I had lost you, they said you weren't okay. I left Penn state as fast as I could. When I got here I thought it was too late because all of your friends looked like shit, and then you won't believe what happened, an unbelievably hot chick came out of nowhere, maybe out of a magazine, wow, she was so gorgeous and beautiful and was walking towards me" I was smiling, I was sure Scott was talking about Noelle, maybe the first time they met, I wanted to listen to it.

"Keep going, I'm listening.."

"Okay, so she comes by my side and I'm standing there looking like hell, my sister just got shot; and she stops right in front of me, I didn't know what to say. Then she just stares at me, it was so intimidating, I didn't know was she was doing it looked like she was studying my features" Scott had no idea what he was getting into, it was so funny, now I wish he could imagine that ten times worse that's how getting into Billings my first years was like, you never knew what to expect. Just imagining Scott and Noelle made me laugh.

"Reed stop laughing!"

"Sorry, go on" i was still laughing though.

"Finally I decided I wasn't going to let this chick intimidate me, so I was like "Hello, do you have a problem?" and she was like "Not anymore, I was looking for you, follow me" it was so confusing, it could have been a trap or who knows what, I didn't do what she told me to do, she stopped a few steps ahead and was like "God Glass Licker if you want to see your sister follow me", I mean who the hell was she and what was a glass licker?. I was in such a bad mood, I didn't have time for games. I turned around and left, she was like "Where do you think you're going?" and i was like "Screw you" WHAT?

"WHAT?, it was Noelle wasn't she? " now I knew why Noelle said when she first met Scott he was kind of a jerk.

"Yes, after almost and hour of walking through this huge hospital I got lost, when I finally found your room I saw her again, we introduced ourselves properly, she wasn't the bitch I thought she was haha, then another friend of yours arrived her name was Kiran or something, she was carrying a champagne bottle. Man she was even hotter than the other one" Kiran was here, why haven't I seen her.

"What happened to Kiran?, I haven't seen her"

"She left with this other Blonde girl who was really pretty as well, Reed I'm telling you, they were all so pretty I wish I could go back to high school"

"Scott!!" Noelle was wrong, Scott was still a jerk, but it was nice to see him again.

"They were all really worried, they are nice and they care about you A lOT. I'm glad you found them" Yes they were my best friends after all, too bad Kiran and Taylor are not coming back.

"Dad is dying to see you, I'm going to look for him. I'll see you later Reed"

"Bye"

Dad was coming, I wanted to see him so bad, maybe he could meet Josh. I have the feeling he is going to like him.

"Reed!! You're awake!"

"Dad!! I'm so happy you're here!" I wasn't tired anymore, I was feeling great.

"I'm so happy you are going to be okay" he came to my bed and kissed me on my forehead.

"So?" Dad said, he was never good at conversations.

"So what dad?" I said, I didn't know where this was going but there was a funny tone in his voice.

"I spoke to your old principal, about you coming back to school" My old principal did he mean our last dean?

"Are you talking about our old dean/Headmaster, or headmaster Cromwell?" why did dad talk to them?

"No Reed, I'm talking about your old principal , back at Croton High, he said you could finish junior year there, he was a little afraid about you getting use to it, but come on he knows Easton is way harder so you'll have no problem" Croton High? No way. I couldn't go back.

"Dad no!, I'm not coming back to Croton High, Easton is where I belong!" this can't be happening, it just can't, I'm not going back to Croton Pennsylvania ever.

"Reed you're not going back to Easton, end of discussion!" dad was never like this, he never raised his voice that much.

"But dad, you don't understand, Easton is my home, I can't go back, I have friends, I've fought so bad for everything and now I'm going to have it all I can't just leave now!" I was having a panic attack, It was hard to breathe once again, and the pain was back, but now it was a different kind of pain.

"Easton is your home?" dad said in a mocking tone, "what kind of home is it?, first a boy gets murdered by a student, then a girl kills herself , and I was like "she had issues that's it", then you get shot by a sicko!, and then the girl who "killed herself"" I've never seen dad so mad before, he was even making quotations with his fingers.

"the girl who "killed herself" turns out to be a victim of another murder" Dad had a point, but he didn't know that it was all over now.

"Dad, it's all over, the first murderer is in a facility and the other girl, Sabine or the sicko as you just called her ,was her sister, and she is in a facility too, everything is going to be alright , you don't have to worry, not anymore." This can't be happening, I'm not going back to Croton, luckily I had Noelle, Josh and Scott by my side, maybe they could get dad to reason.

Let's just hope he'll change his mind..